Saddam lawyer blames US-led forces for killing
Saddam Hussein’s lawyer blamed US-led “occupation forces” today for the killing of a second colleague in the trial and urged Arab leaders to “shoulder their responsibility” to combat disorder here that threatens the proceeding.
Five policemen died in a suicide bombing north of the capital today, and gunmen shot dead another foreign embassy employee in the capital. The US military reported another Marine died of wounds suffered in a roadside bombing.